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Almost in the blink of an eye, January, 2017, has been and gone. These are the photos of the birds I managed to take this month walking around my yard.

1 – Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

This Superb fairy-wren has been resident in my garden for a few years now. In this photo he is showing his full breeding colours.

2 – Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Every summer a small flock of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos turn up at my place. They hang around for a few weeks then just turn up occasionally.

3 – New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

Another resident in my garden. This little honeyeater flits from bush to bush feeding voraciously on the Banksia and Bottlebrushes and other Australian native plants in my garden

4 – Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)

Another resident Honeyeater, but also hunts for insects around the house.

5 – Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)

The Grey Fantail also hunts for little insects around the house.

6 – Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)

My post would be incomplete without a photo of the galahs that visit my garden. This pair had become aware of me stalking them and desperately tried to hide among the leaves.

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2016 is fast coming to an end. For my last post of 2016, I’ve decided to share the photographs of the birds that visit my garden.

No1 – Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)

This Grey Shrike-thrush was captured patrolling my backyard where he hunted every morning for breakfast.

No2 – Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

This Superb Fairy-wren turned up in the garden some 4 or 5 years ago. Since then, every breeding season, there are little ones flying around hunting insects.

No3 – Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Crimson Rosellas would be the most prolific bird in the garden. At feed time tens of these birds turn up.

No4 – Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)

Australian King Parrots are infrequent visitors to my garden. They will appear at the feeder, even tell me when it is empty, then disappear for a few weeks before turning up again. Of all the wild birds that fly in, the King Parrot is the only one which will let me approach it.

There are many other species of birds that I will find in the trees in my yard. These are but a few of them.

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The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) is a medium sized wader found in inland waters and coastal areas of Australia. A strongly migratory bird it arrives in Australia in August and returns to Arctic Siberia in March where its breeding habitat is the peat-hummock and lichen tundra of the high Arctic.

It feeds on aquatic insects and their larvae, as well as worms, molluscs and crustaceans.

The image below was taken in early summer on the foreshore of Lake Colac.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper on the shoreline of Lake Colac.

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Yesterday morning I went for a walk along the southern shore of Lake Colac. On arrival there was a thick fog which blanketed out the lake. I took several photographs and this one is my favourite.

English Elm on the southern bank of Lake Colac

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A collection of photographs and paragraphs describing the natural beauty and wildlife of the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh and beyond.**** All pictures are taken by yours truly with Canon Powershot SX50HS****